Fountain-pen filler.



W. RODIGBR. FOUNTAIN PEN PILLBR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18, 1911.

Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

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WILLIAM RODIGER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FOUNTAIN-EEN IEILLEI'L.

'Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

Application filed March 1s, 1911. serial No. 615,277.

To all :whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, VILLIAM RODIGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fountain-Pen Fillers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to .an improvement in fountain pen fillers, and consists substantially in the construction and arrangement hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Like letters refer to the same parts in the several figures of the drawing, in .which- Figure l is a vertical section of the fountain pen filler closed in readiness for transportation. Fig. 2 is a vertical section with the lower portion broken away and with the stopper removed and the pen in position to be filled. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3-3, Fig. l, and with a part of the top portion of the vessel'broken away.

In order that the invention may be fully understood it will be described more particularly in connection with the accompanying drawing and afterward the novelty will be pointed out in the claims.

The ink bottle proper is made of any desirable shape and suitable material such as is usual in devices of this class and is designated in the accompanying drawing by the reference letter A. In the neck and mouth of this bottle there is inserted a filling tube, into which the pen is to be inserted as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing, and this filling tube is preferably made of rubber having a vertical opening through it of suflicient length to hold the fountain pen'in the act of being filled and of material with some elasticit-y and yet sufficient firmness to serve the purpose, such for instance, as rubber. This tube is designated by the reference letter B in the drawings, and is preferably provided with a horizontally extending flange X, adapting it to rest on the flange of the mouth of the bottle, and with a smaller flange or bead at its lower end, indicated by the letter Y, which hooks under the lower edge of the mouth of the bottle where' such edge joins the cover or roof of said bottle. The two being made of elastic material, the flange or bead Y may be compressedV so as to permit the tube to be inserted within the mouth of the bottle and after such insertion this flange will bear, as before stated, against the lower edge of this mouth of the bottle and thus retain. the tube in position. A stopper of any suitable material, but which is preferably made of rubber, is likewise provided to close the filling tube when it is not in use, and this stopper may have an annular bead as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, to engage an annular recess on the interior of the tube and thus hold the stopper in position.

Secured to the lower end of the bottle is a flexible bottom C, which is preferably made of rubber, and comprises a vertical cylindrical barrel, an upper horizontal flange and a lower horizontal closure or diaphragm D. The lower edge of the ink receptacle rests upon the upper horizontal flange of this rubber bottom and preferably in an annular seat provided for the purpose. The cylindrical barrel extends vertically below this horizontal flange and below the lower edge of the receptacle and serves as the compressible portion of the bottom. This rubber bottom terminates in a horizontal closure or diaphragm. The rubber bottom is therefore capable of being collapsed or compressed by a pressure exerted upon its horizontal diaphragm, the sides then actting like the sides of a bellows. This rub'- ber bottom is secured to the bottle in any suitable way, but a convenient construction for the purpose is a metal ferrule, indicated in Fig. l of the drawing at E, which is p1 eferably screw-threaded at its top to engage corresponding threads on the bottom of the vessel, and has a hooked flange F at its bottom which is placed under and supports the rubber bottom as illustrated in the drawing.

When it is desired to fill the fountain pen the latter is placed as shown in Fig. 2 in the tube, and then the receptacle for the ink'is inverted and the operator manipulates the rubber bottom by pressing upon it with his fingers, which causes the sides of such bottom to act like the sides of a bellows and compress air in the receptacle upon the ink and thus force the latter into the pen.

Itis obvious that modifications in the details of the device may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principle of the invention, and therefore I do not wish to be understood as confining myself to the exact details shown.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: v c

1. A fountain pen filler comprising a receptacle having an inelasticA body portion, and an elastic tube secured to one end of said body and adapted to receive the fountain pen, and an elastic and compressible member secured to the other end of the body. i

l2. A fountain pen filler comprising a receptacle having an inelastic body portion, a rubber bottom for the same comprising a seat at its upper end, a diaphragm at itsf lower end and cylindrical sides connecting suchfseat and diaphragm and adapting such sidewalls to the seat, thus adapting said bottom to be manipulated to give the desired movement to the ink to fill the fountain'pen.

4. A fountain pen falling device comprising a receptacle, having an inelastic body portion, and an elastic tube secured to one end of said body portion and adapted to receive the fountain pen and an elastic and the rece tacle.

6. A ountain pen filling device comprising a receptacle having an inelastic body7 portion, and an elastic tube secured to one end of said body Aportion and adapted to receive the fountain pen, and an elastic and compressible'detachable member secured to the other end of the body portion.

In testimony whereof I have ,signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 15th day of March, A. D. 1911. A

` 1 WILLIAM RODIGER. Witnesses:

C. H. S'EEM, NINA J. HALSNE. 'v 

